every time i think of taking a chance, i think of his ladder on the cab of his truck :evil:

wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??

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i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love. we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in hospital somewhere. it's the family that i feel for. at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever. they will miss out.

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.....The greatest changes occur in their country without their cooperation. They are not even aware of precisely what has taken place. They suspect it; they have heard of the event by chance. More than that, they are unconcerned with the fortunes of their village, the safety of their streets, the fate of their church and its vestry. They think that such things have nothing to do with them, that they belong to a powerful stranger called “the government.” They enjoy these goods as tenants, without a sense of ownership, and never give a thought to how they might be improved.....

i never feel to bad about someone who dies doing what they love. we all have to go, and i'd rather die younger doing what i want to do, than die in hospital somewhere. it's the family that i feel for. at that age, he probably had younger family...grandkids or whatever. they will miss out.

Good point Kathy. I would rather die collecting a swarm than sitting behind a desk at work

wonder if there should be a cut off age for climbing 25 feet into a tree??...

Yes, the day when you fail to consider your balance and what a safe approach is. I doubt there is a cut off age but people who live to it would have the sense to stop cimbing in dangerous situations on their own recognition. give the rest to 'darwin'